Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre | |
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Geography | |
Location | 201 Georgian Drive, Barrie, Ontario, Canada |
Coordinates | 44°24′50″N79°39′40″W / 44.4140°N 79.6612°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Medicare (Canada) |
Type | General |
Affiliated university | University of Toronto [1] |
Services | |
Beds | 319 [2] [3] |
Helipad | TC LID: CRV2 [4] |
Public transit access | Barrie Transit Simcoe County LINX |
History | |
Opened | 1891 [5] |
Links | |
Website | www.rvh.on.ca |
Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
The Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (formerly the Royal Victoria Hospital) is an Advanced Level II facility with stroke designation, [1] serving the needs of the population of the City of Barrie and the surrounding area. The facility is located at 201 Georgian Drive in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The CEO is Gail Hunt. [6] As of 2017, the hospital operated on a $340 million annual budget. [7]
The Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre is a 299-bed acute care facility. With a team of over 380 physicians, 2,500 staff members and 850 volunteers, [8] the RVH provides healthcare specializing in cancer care, surgical services, critical care, mental health rehabilitation services, as well as women and children's programs.
The Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre is the only hospital in Barrie and is the regional hospital for a large geographical region including central Simcoe County Barrie, Innisfil (Alcona, Stroud, Gilford), Springwater (Elmvale, Midhurst, Minesing, Snow Valley), south Oro- Medonte (Horseshoe Valley, Shanty Bay), a small portion of Essa Township (Ivy, Thornton).
The hospital dates to 1891, [6] when it was known as the Barrie General Hospital, which was located in a home at 105 Duckworth Street near Ardagh's Grove. The facility has relocated and expanded many times since its inception:
The Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre was named after Queen Victoria as Queen of Canada from Canada's confederation in 1867–1901.
The number of beds is broken down as follows
There are in excess of 85,000 visits to the Emergency Department, annually. RVH has 2,000 births each year. Since opening in 1997, activities across the board have virtually doubled.
The helipad for the hospital is found at ground level across from Georgian College Residences and requires ambulance transfer to the hospital's emergency department.
In 2009, Royal Victoria Hospital embarked on the largest capital project in its history. The expansion program was broken into Phase 1 and Phase 2. Construction of the main phase was concluded in the spring of 2012. [15]
Phase 1
Phase one included a $450 million redevelopment and expansion project that almost doubled the size of the hospital, adding 400,000 square feet (37,000 m2) of space, and capacity for 165 additional inpatient beds, including a dedicated Coronary Care Unit; significant expansions of the Emergency Department, Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory and two additional Operating Rooms. In addition to the significant expansion, another 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) of the current facility received renovations.
The main features of the Phase 1 expansion included:
Phase 2
As Phase 1 nears completion, Phase 2 was to begin. Phase 2 was planned to consist of significant renovations to the existing hospital, including construction of new operating rooms, more patient beds, construction/update to the special care nursery (neonatal unit) and an expansion to the surgical unit.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Regional Pandemic Response Unit (PRU) was built, opening on November 27, 2020. The PRU was erected in the hospital parking lot. Although it has a tent-like appearance, it is suitable for any kind of weather, and is equipped with appropriate heating and cooling units. [17]
This fully-functioning, 70-bed field hospital is not intended to directly care for COVID-19 patients, but rather is meant to alleviate patient overflow challenges. [18] As such, it is one of only three such sites in the province and allows RVH to assist overloaded zones like Toronto. [17]
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